ARGH! Response from my GOP U.S. Congressman re:Iraq timeline

[Roland99]

Thank you for contacting me regarding the U.S. military presence in Iraq.
I appreciate hearing from you.
As a former Army Ranger who served as an assault helicopter flight
commander in the Middle East, I am deeply concerned about our troops and
their families. I have friends and West Point classmates serving in Iraq.
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I am working everyday
to ensure that our troops have the tools and training they need to
accomplish the mission and return home as soon as possible.
As you know, Operation Iraqi Freedom began on March 19, 2003, and saw
success when the Iraqi regime fell on April 9, 2003. On June 28, 2004,
the U.S.-led coalition transferred full sovereignty to the Iraqi interim
government, and the Iraqi government is now running the day-to-day
operations of its country. Embracing new freedoms, 60% of eligible Iraqi
voters went to the polls during the country's first free election in 50
years on January 30, 2005. The Iraqi people have been buoyed by their
participation in the election and are continuing to take discernable steps
toward eradicating the threats posed by terrorists and suicide bombers.
Iraqis are also enjoying enhanced nutrition programs, better health care,
improved water and sanitation, increased economic activity, and
strengthened education.
When Prime Minister Allawi and his colleagues acquired sovereignty at the
end of last June, large parts of the Shiite south, including its religious
centers of Najaf and Karbala, were controlled by militia. Today, most of
Shiite Iraq is quiet; and government police walk the streets of its cities
and towns, as the insurgency is focused on the three Sunni provinces
around Baghdad. In these areas, with the offensives against Samara and
Fallujah and parts of North Babil, inroads are being made against the
terrorists. Iraq's growing border police have apprehended more than
60,000, foreigners in the past seven months, most of whom are Iranians
trying to enter Iraq illegally. Iraqi officials recently arrested Abu
Musab al-Zarqawi's top bomb-maker, who has reportedly confessed to 32
attacks. Progress, while slower than we may like, is being made
throughout Iraq.
As the continuing terrorist violence in Iraq reminds us, the road to
self-governance will remain a challenge. However, our progress is
impressive, and the vast majority of Iraqis are supportive of our efforts.
Schools and hospitals are being built, clean water is beginning to flow,
crops are being replanted, and families are freer.
I am proud of our armed forces' accomplishments, and I am also encouraged
that Iraqis are taking control of their own country, which will lead to
enduring stabilization. Large numbers of Iraqis continue to volunteer for
service. There are more than 200,000, Iraqis involved in five separate
security organizations: the Army, police, border guards, facility
protection services (which guards Iraq's extensive oil infrastructure and
other key facilities), and civil defense corps. Iraq's security forces
were instrumental in the successful election in spite of the terrorist
threats against them and their families. The activities of insurgents are
becoming increasingly unpopular among the Iraqi people.
There is no doubt that the work and sacrifice of the U.S. armed forces
have made our country and the world a safer place. Our troops have
removed a dangerous tyrant with perpetual interest in using weapons of
mass destruction against the United States. They have stabilized a
fledgling democracy in a crucial geographic region. They have eliminated
the Taliban and Al-Qaida networks in Afghanistan. Their efforts are
extra- ordinary.
While I want to see our troops leave Iraq as soon as possible, we must not
set a date certain for withdrawal of troops. That will only encourage
terrorists that they can wait us out. We must fully train the Iraqis to
provide security in their own country before we can withdraw troops.
Again, thank you for contacting me. If I can be of further assistance to
you on this or any other issue, please call me at 202-225-3465.


Sincerely,




Geoff Davis
Member of Congress





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[Roland99]

1. And here's my response back:

Dear Congressman Davis,

You are so full of propaganda it sickens me to read crap like this.

" There is no doubt that the work and sacrifice of the U.S. armed forces have made our country and the world a safer place. "

What the hell? Did you not see what happened in London yesterday? Good god, man. Turn on a TV! The ILLEGAL war in Iraq has only created more animosity against the west by irrational extremists.

You want to end the war on terror? Start forcing the governments of the Muslim nations to eliminate the sponsorship of hate-filled clerics.

Democracy CANNOT be forced upon a nation. We will see the Mises Effect in Iraq before long. It CANNOT work. If it does, it's only in spite of the mass killings waged by the political ideologues in the White House and in the Pentagon.

[leesa]

8. You are contradicting yourself.

"You want to end the war on terror? Start forcing the governments of the Muslim nations to eliminate the sponsorship of hate-filled clerics"

The next line you say stop forcing democracy.

Terrorism can only be stopped if we stop messing with other people's governments people and resources.

[Roland99]

9. That's not contradictory at all.

Diplomacy can put pressure on the leaders of the Middle East to root out terrorism within their own countries.

[ET Awful]

2. I'd write him back and ask him "If they've eliminated the Taliban

in Afghanistan, how the hell did the Taliban manage to shoot down a helicopter and take a Navy SEAL hostage?

[Roland99]

5. Good point...I just sent this a BTW

By the way, if the Taliban are "eliminated" from Afghanistan, how did they manage to shoot down a helicopter, killing 17 people?

hmmm??

Wake up, Congressman Davis. You've allowed the White House's propaganda machine to obliterate your ability to think critically.

[Racenut20]

3. Where can I get a cup of that there koolaide General ??????

[ozymandius]

4. Helicopter blades must've whacked him in the head.

Anyone who trumpets their military service as the lede toward demonstrating their willful ignorance and poor judgment does not deserve to be a member of Congress. Clearly, this man has forgotten, if he ever knew, that Congress is an equal branch of government to the Executive. Not a subordinate.

[LibDemAlways]

6. Like me, you have no

Member of Congress representing your interests. This guy sounds like a robot who votes the party line.

I have the misfortune of living in the fiefdom of one Elton Gallegly, all around turd, who has been known to throw Dems out of his office. Truly sad that uninformed morons keep returning these cretins to DC every two years.

[rasputin1952]

7. At least you got a response....I'm stuck w/Jeff Fortenberry in NE.....

he's so damned stupid, he almost lost the election, and the D didn't even fight that hard, (little finacial backing). Fortenberry is a first termer and a real tool. I don't think he's gonna be there after the '06 election, he is a real idiot, and never comes around. He is a rubber-stamp R evangelical, and people are truly disgusted w/his lack of any type of performance.

Send him an e-mail back....tell him you know vets here that would never trumpet their military experience for gain. We did what we had to do, we came home, and watched our nation fall into a hellhole, because of jerks like him....:)

I'm a vet, be damned if I'd use that for gain...I have dignity.

:patriot: